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The Black Box Of Technology

SMU Assistant Professor Juliana Yu Sun is using economic models to demystify the relationship between technology and economic growth.

Conflict Control In The Lab

Disputes among lab members are inevitable, but tackling them promptly and proactively is key.

Printable Sensors Sniff Out Rotten Food

A research group in China has developed a wireless sensing device that detects odors from meat which has gone bad.

Three Invaluable Lessons For Building Healthcare AI

The human body is far more complicated than a game of Go, so healthcare AI solutions need to bring in expert knowledge early on.

AI Gets Physical

Robots are to artificial intelligence what bodies are to brains. Assistant Professor Pham Quang Cuong, a roboticist at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, is helping AI impact the physical world.

Another Detail Jurassic Park Got Wrong: Dinosaur Tongues

According to research by scientists in China and the US, the ferocious T-rex might not have been able to stick out its tongue.

Asia’s Rising Scientists: Justin Song

Theoretical and experimental physics inform and complement each other, says Dr. Justin Song of the Institute of High Performance Computing in Singapore.

Once Eaten By Birds, Stick Insects Get The Ride Of Their Lives

For stick insects, becoming bird food isn’t the end of the road, but may be the start of a long-distance journey.

Cautiously Optimistic About Immunotherapies

You may have read about some amazing immunotherapy cures, but for every anecdotal success there have been many more experimental failures.